Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-13

amend the laws relating 10 tne ur1W'
backs Oh manufactured tin.
Nv Vert-To increase the pension
of the widow of General +. p. Blair
By Reagan TO amend the inter.
state commerce. act, and to bring ex.
press cars, sleeping cars and all other
cars owned by private ciizens or cor.
porations within its operations, the
same AZ if they were TECHNICALLY com
mon carriers; also to amend section 4
of the s,ine act. by providing thai
the competition of railways and water
routes shall not be construed create
iii similar circumstances and condl
tions within the meaning of the act
By Drlph, Of Portland, Or.-For
appropriations OF $500 600 and 800
600 for the erection Of public build
ings ut Portland an salem; also t.
establish All assay Office at Portland
and for the erection Of the building
and necessary apparatus, costing
$40 0O0.
BY Bowen-Fur public building a.
Pueblo. Col, costing 10000.
| Dolph feintroluced the bill re.
ported by him last Congress to pre-.
vent the obstruction of navigabl'
waters and to protect public works
q. ainst trespass or injury.
By Senator Plumb-A bill to make
it All ohense punishable by fine and
Imprisonment, for any railr' ,ad Sleep
ing-c r., teleg aph or express conn any
to offer employ ees any free pass or re-
duction from the ordinary rates
| charged
BY Wilson, of Iowa--A bill to. strike
out the words ''under substantial.
similar circumstances and con iitions'
where they occur in sections 2 and 4
uf the Interstate Commerce act.
BY Padhock-To author re the Gov.
error Of Utah to appoint selectmen
clerks, recorders, assessors and su, ei'
intendenls Of district schools for each
county in Utah; al-o instructing the
Governor and Secretary of Utah and
the members of the Utah Commission
Hoard to reapportion Salt Lake City
into Aldern.anic and Counselmaliic
districts, and to provide that no per
son shall he elected to these offices
from district in which he does not
reside. e+z7
BY Farwell--A bill torepeal the in.
ternai revenue on tobacco in all forms
and to repeal tue import duties OH su
gar and tobacco.
By Stanfurl-A bill that requires
ten years residence before foreigners
can declare their intention to become
citizens OF the Unitel States, except
in the case of those arriving before
they reach the age of 81 years, in
which case i. residence Of nix years on
|. is to be required.
RESOLUTIONS READ.
Butler offered a resolution, which
WAS adopted. for the appointment of Il
select committee of three to inquire
into the devisability amt practicabiliiy
OF establishing and maintaining u
postal telegraph. r \
Hale offered a preamble and resolu-
ion ree',ing the provision Of the civil
service law, which prohibits govern
Inent officials t ON offtns We partisan
ship, al-o the letters OF the President
and Commissioner Oberly on the sub
| je' t; al-o for the providing for the
appointment of a select romnii tee
uf seven to examine fully TO the
condition of the .ivil service and all
its branches, to ascertain whether an
pointn ents have been basel on merit
and qualifications or distributed as
partisan favors, and as tn the partici-
patton OF government officials in po-
litical conventions and elections. He
said that he woul call it up for action
hereafter. ~ sa4s
Beck offered a resolution directing
the postoffice committee to inquire in
to the ACCESSIBILITY OF reducing rate
letter postage 10 one cent. when letters
| do not exceed one ounce in weight.
| and a-ked that it he Laid on the table.
"a, ing that he might introduce a bill
Frye offered a resolution directing
| the Secretary OF the Treasury to tran>-
nit to the Senate all letters and o her
communications rel Lifting to the bond
aye OF the Pacific Coast Steam,hi :
Company, and all PAYERS touching
that transaction. 1t was SO adopted.
SYNOPSIS OF FARRELL's BILL.
Senator Farrell'@ b II regulating i'm
migration provides that any imni-
grant coming from any foreign port TO
any port within the United States
shall, before being permitted tn Land.
exhibit certificate from the United
states Consul for the port OF clear
ance sail immisri mt is not to be II
convict, palper. idiot, or in-ane per-
son, and possessed Of sufficient means
To support himself for six months.
A. Il IN Land
an immigrant without the above GER
tfcate shall he deemed guilty of mis-
delmeanor and punisued by II fine no
exceeding $1,000 for each immigrant 30
found, and one year i'll the penitentla'
ry.
THE RECORD BEATEN.
The total number of bills and joint
resolutions was 594. Il larger number
than was ever before introduced i'll
the Senate in one day.
There was an unusually large num-
her of bills intr huced for the erection
of public buil,lings; the aggregate
amount If appropriations provided for
is 81 ,645 900.
THE ALIEN ACT.
3 ve,al OF the thtl' Introduced 10
amend the alien Land act are Identical
80 far as concerns the investment of
foreign capital in mining enterprises.
but one Of them declares that the pro-
hibition alien Land act should not pre-
vent fureg ners from leasing mill sites
or water rights in the territories Tor
manufacturing or mill ny purposes.
OTHER BUSINESS.
In the second session OF the Senate
to-day nothing was done except to
read and refer the nominations al
ready sent in.
The credentials and papers in the
West Virginia lection case were re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections After brief execu-
tive session the Senate adj burned.
ANU NnvUuN ATUnNS.